In 2010-11, the athletic department at Rutgers University generated $53.4 million in revenue. That was less than all 12 teams in the Big Ten. At Maryland, the revenue was $57.8 million, smaller than all but two of the Big Ten schools.
In fact, if we were to rank all 39 schools in those conferences during the 2010-11 school year, eight of the top ten largest revenues were in the Big Ten. And the average revenue in the Big Ten ($87.5M) was $24.8 million more than the average in the ACC, and $45.2 million more than the average in the Big East.
And those numbers in the Big Ten will likely grow as the Big Ten network expands into new areas. So even if Rutgers and Maryland just become average schools in their new conference, moving to the Big Ten is going be a huge financial windfall (data via Business of College Sports)...
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